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It's very likely that had the case passed TCPA in whole or in part, Vic would still have had to prove actual malice, a standard difficult in theory and often nearly impossible in practice. He still wouldn't have ended up in the embarrassing situation of owing the other side legal fees, though (in all likelihood). So even if he ultimately lost at trial he'd still have his own side of the story on the permanent record.That said, Ty being Vic's lawyer and going on Nick's stream probably did more good for his reputation than a normal lawyer who doesn't engage in online media who probably would have ultimately lost anyway.
If losing the case (despite not being a lawyer for anyone) wrecked his mind, it's probably more because of how Vic lost (in a catastrophic blunder that a few bucks for an actually licensed telephone notary would have avoided), rather than that he lost.
It didn't help that Sam Johnson was sharp enough to pick up on it immediately (assuming he didn't get a tip from one of the other lawyers). Losing a defamation case isn't the shame, but losing it to absolutely ridiculous bungling and getting reamed by the appeals court and all but explicitly accused of malpractice.
It honestly reminds me of Boogie incessantly asking his viewers what they want and they said vidya content for years (before giving up on him entirely). People want Nick to do legal stuff, that's his pull, and he generally has had good practice of doing it in a way that's fun and not boring. And Nick is like "so about Balldos again. . ." Nobody fucking cares about BalldosWith his current attitude of 'It's totally unreasonable to expect me to stick to a topic that the audience I've built over the life of my channel is interested in,' I'm interested to see if he can be bothered to find a trial to tune into, or if he'll only work up the energy to do trial streams if there's a huge audience that would let him catch the YouTube algorithm.
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